Valorus drew



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VALORUS DRE\V, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SHADE-FIXTURE.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 26,839, dated January 17, 1860.

T o all whom fit may concern:

Be it known that I, VALoRUs DREW, of the city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inShade-Fixtures; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figurel, is a side sectional view of my invention, showing the means employedfor turning the shade roller. Fig. 2, is a detached view of the shaderoller partly bisected, showing the manner of securing the roller in thewindow casing. Fig. 3, is a detached view of the shade roller, with theshade attached, showing the manner of attaching the latter to theformer. Fig. 4, a detached transverse section of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

This invention consists in a novel way of arranging the cords or bandsby which the shade roller is turned; whereby the cords may be kept at aproper degree of tension in order to insure the rotation of the roller,and also readily slackened to facilitate the removal when required, ofthe roller from the window casing. A

The invention also consists in a novel way of securing the roller in thewindow casing, whereby all metallic fixtures, except the journals, aredispensed with, and the roller readily adjusted in, and detached fromthe casing.

The invention further consists, in a novel way of attaching the shade tothe roller whereby the former is not only firmly secured to the latter,but also rendered capable of being detached with facility, for thepurpose of being washed when required.

To enable those skilled in the art, to fully understand and construct myinvention, I will proceed to describe it.

A, Fig. l, represents one side of a window casing, and B, is a shaderoller, which is fitted in the upper part of the casing. In this roller,near one end a groove a,.is made circumferentially as shown in Figs. 2and 3.

C, is a cord or band which passes around the roller, and is fittedwithin a. groove a. This cord, at its lower part, passes through a metalring D, through which also a cord or band E, passes; said cord or bandE, being permanently attached at one end to the casing A, as shown atthe opposite end of said cord E, being attached to a metal eye F, whichhas a central cross bar c, and through which eye, the cord E, `alsopasses. This arrangement of the cord E, and eye F, is plainly shown inFig. l. The eye F, it will be seen, in consequence of having one end ofthe cord E, attached to it, and being fitted on said cord, will admit ofbeing drawn down so as to strain o-r tighten the cord C, on the rollerB, as may be desired and by raising or shoving up the eye, the cord C,may be slackened, so as to admit of the ready removal of the roller fromthe casing. The eye F, is retained on the cord E, by friction, and thetighter the cords are strained, the less liable the eye will be to slip,as the cord E, binds or bears on the cross bar c.

In one end of the roller B, which is of wood, as usual, a metal journalZ is fitted permanently. The roller near its opposite end is slottedlongitudinally a requisite distance from its periphery to its center, asshown ait e, Fig. 2, and a journal f, which is fitted in this end of theroller, has its inner end passing into the slot e, and bent upward asshown at g. This journal f, is longer than the other d, that it maybetter stand the strain of the cord or band C, and lessen the wear ofits bearing. The journal f, fits sufficiently tight in the roller toprevent any casual movement of the former. In order to adjust the rollerB, in the casing, all that is required is, to shove the journal f intothe roller, place the opposite journal d, in its bearing, adjust theroller in proper position, and then shove outward the journal f, intoits bearing in the casing, by introducing a rod into the slot e, andpressing against the inner end g, of the journal. This journal cannot becasually removed from its proper position when the cord C, is on it, forthe pressure of the latter prevents such a result. By this arrangementthe usual metallic fixtures are dispensed with, and an exceedinglysimple means obtained for securing the roller in the casing, and onethat will admit of the ready adjustment of the roller in the casing, aswell as its ready removal therefrom, the ends of the roller beingbeveled to facilitate these results. The hooked end g, of the journal f,admits of a rod being inserted behind it to draw inward the journal, inorder to` detach the roller from the casing.

The roller B, has a longitudinal groove or recess g', made in it, inwhich, near each end a staple h, or its equivalent is placed. In thisgroove or recess near one end, and by the outer side of one of thestaples h, there is a stop z', as shownin Fig. 3.

G, is the shade, the upper end of which has a hem in which the rod j, isfitted. This.

rod y', is a trifle longer than the hem, and consequently projects fromeach side of the shade. The rod is elastic, and is fitted in the grooveor recess g, one end of the rod being curved upward to form a head, andplaced against the stop z', and fitted under the eye adjoining it, andthe opposite end sprung under the staple at the opposite end of theroller. The upper end of' the shade has a tape H, or its equivalentattached to it, which passes around the roller B, and the ends are tiedin a knot 7s, which is made to fit in a recess Z, in the roller. Thisknot fitting in the recess Z, prevents the shade moving laterally on therod y', while the rod in consequence of being secured snugly in thegroove or recess g', by the staples h, and tape` H, connects the shadesecurely to the roller. By this arrangement the shade may be readilydetached rom the roller B, when re'- quired to be washed, and alsoreadily attached thereto. The rod y', being readily sprung in or sprungout from the recess g, as occasion requires.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and-desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

1. The two cords C, E, connected by the ring D, and arranged as shown,to wit: the cord C, passing around the roller B, and the cord E,providedwith the eye F, and at- -tachedA to the jamb of the windowcasing,

substantially as, and for the purpose set forth.

2. The sliding journal f, fitted in the roller B, provided with the slatc, so arranged relatively with the journal f, as to admit of theadjustment of the same, for the purpose specified.

3. Attaching the shade Gr, to the roller B, by means of the headedelastic rod y', fitted in the hem of the shade, and secured into thegroove or recess g', of the roller by means of the staples L, yinconnection with the tape H, provided with the knot la, as described.

VALORUS DREV.

Witnesses:

Trios. PETINGALE, CHAs. M. HUGHES.

